Free Crochet Pattern: Tunisian Wrist Warmers

I made these wrist warmers to practice changing colors in Tunisian crochet. Changing colors in crochet is really easy and the same principles still hold when you change colors in Tunisian. I really like the way the colors look especially when you use 3 colors. The best thing about using 3 colors is that when you go to change the color the next color is waiting right there for you, no carrying yarn required!

Gauge: not really important
9 TSS = 2”
7 rows = 2”
Gauge Swatch: 2’’w x 2’’h (5cm x 5cm) ch 9.
Row 1: work TSS in second ch from hook and in each ch across
Row 2 – 7: work TSS in second stitch and in each stitch across
Finish off.

Crochet Pattern: Wrist Warmer (make 2)
Row 1: with Color A, ch 10 (or a chain as tall as you want your wrist warmer) changing to Color B in last chain made, tss in second ch from hook and in each ch across, change to Color C at beginning of reverse pass, change to Color A in last tss of reverse pass: 10 tss

Row 2: tss in second st from hook and in each st across, change to Color B at beginning of reverse pass, change to Color C in last tss of reverse pass: 10 tss
Row 3: tss in second st from hook and in each st across, change to Color A at beginning of reverse pass, change to Color B in last tss of reverse pass: 10 tss
Row 4: tss in second st from hook and in each st across, change to Color C at beginning of reverse pass, change to Color A in last tss of reverse pass: 10 tss

Repeat rows 2 – 4, seven more times or until the wrist warmer is long enough to fit around the wrist.

Row 5: sl st in second st from hook and in each st across, finish off: 9 sl sts

7 Comments

I love the way this looks!
I’m working on making one in a solid color to get the hang of doing tunisian stitches, then I’ll probably do one in several colors
It looks wicked cool in the different colors too, so I can’t wait to get one finished

Hi Rachel! I’m making a cardholder (21 stitches long) using your Tunisian colour-change method. I’m only at row 3 but it is curling in quite badly (longitudinally). Is there something I have done wrong or is this normal? Hmm I have many more rows to go, could you advice how I could fix this? : ) Thank you – I love your site!

I am having a hard time fitting all of my stitches on one needle because crochet needles are so much shorter than knitting needles. Does this mean I can only do small projects with this stitch. I’d love to be able to do a cowl but I honestly cannot figure out how I’d go about doing it.

Hi Gianna, there are Tunisian crochet hooks made just for Tunisian crochet! They are much longer than regular hooks so that they can hold a bunch of stitches. You should be able to find them in any major craft store or online.